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you don't stop terrorists in europe by listening in on angela merkel's cell phone. the rewards of spying on friendly heads of government are probably outweighed by the risks. and most troubling, it's not clear that many of these specific activities were clearly thought through and directed by the white house. nor do they appear to have been vetted by congress. in the wake of 9/11, america got scared and dropped any sense of constraints on its intelligence activities. it is not an accident that the eavesdropping on chancellor merkel began in 2002. the fact that technology now allows the nsa to do anything doesn't mean it should do everything. we need a better and clearer set of rules for intelligence activity and we need confidence that these rules are being followed and observed. let's get started. >>> given the realities i just talked about, what is really going on in the heads of european officials? is all of this anger and outrage genuine? who better to ask than a former top official who can speak freely. that's why i invited germany's defense minister from 2009
you don't stop terrorists in europe by listening in on angela merkel's cell phone. the rewards of spying on friendly heads of government are probably outweighed by the risks. and most troubling, it's not clear that many of these specific activities were clearly thought through and directed by the white house. nor do they appear to have been vetted by congress. in the wake of 9/11, america got scared and dropped any sense of constraints on its intelligence activities. it is not an accident that...
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for eavesdropping on angela merkel and other leaders. >> well, people are angry as you say, but they also understand it is important that iran not get a nuclear weapon. this is really at the top of president obama's inbox. this is the top of prime minister cameron and the president's inbox, top of the inbox for president putin and head of china as well, the other p5 plus 1 partner as well as chancellor merkel. we are focused on what the objective here is stop iran from having a nuclear weapon. we had the last round of p5 plus 1 negotiations during the government shutdown here in washington which didn't make it particularly easy either. indeed because we are so focused on peace and security for the world community, it trumps virtually everything else. >> and what about the syrian situation and iran's involvement in syria rearming the assad regime, aren't those other issues complicating nuclear negotiations? >> we are focused in the p5 plus 1 solely on the nuclear negotiation and to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. there's no doubt that the united states believes that iran sh
for eavesdropping on angela merkel and other leaders. >> well, people are angry as you say, but they also understand it is important that iran not get a nuclear weapon. this is really at the top of president obama's inbox. this is the top of prime minister cameron and the president's inbox, top of the inbox for president putin and head of china as well, the other p5 plus 1 partner as well as chancellor merkel. we are focused on what the objective here is stop iran from having a nuclear...
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merkel and say i had no idea this was happening. he's not technically lying, but he could have inferred that that was the source of the information he had received about her. >> yeah, and you know, we can sort of joke around about this, but it'd actually kind of a serious thing and it goes right to the heart of the dilemmas of forming powerful intelligence agencies like cia and nsa. >> right. >> in '47 and '52, and the debate that occurred at that time, that this is not a time of war. we're building institutions that will do this as a matter of practice. and it will mean the president will be in a pickle. sometimes he is going to have to lie. and that undermines the moral authority of not just the president but of the nation he represents. that's the real debate. and the question becomes, are we getting so much from these sorts of communications that it's worth what we forfeit in terms of our fundamental oaths? that's a question that's broader. >> and in terms of our overall structure of government and the integrity of the public wo
merkel and say i had no idea this was happening. he's not technically lying, but he could have inferred that that was the source of the information he had received about her. >> yeah, and you know, we can sort of joke around about this, but it'd actually kind of a serious thing and it goes right to the heart of the dilemmas of forming powerful intelligence agencies like cia and nsa. >> right. >> in '47 and '52, and the debate that occurred at that time, that this is not a time...
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spying you know contrast that to angela merkel who's saying you know oh it's going to be tough but we're going to restore ties with the united states i think it's a lesson response because of how much dirt the u.s. really has on these countries so we're talking about n.s.a. n.s.a. spying isn't something that just started last month or just started this year this is something that been going on it's an ongoing issue ever since the two thousand and one with the signing of the patriot act as surveillance of foreign countries and i think that you're absolutely right when it comes to whether or not a world leader is going to speak out against this the more the u.s. knows the less you can expect them to speak and exactly what was really interesting about this you say that angela merkel and some other world leaders are kind of less you know the brics nation of course is starting their own internet to counter the n.s.a. but michael hayden former n.s.a. director actually came out and said this is all political theater i'm part of the world leaders he says espionage is an accepted international pr
spying you know contrast that to angela merkel who's saying you know oh it's going to be tough but we're going to restore ties with the united states i think it's a lesson response because of how much dirt the u.s. really has on these countries so we're talking about n.s.a. n.s.a. spying isn't something that just started last month or just started this year this is something that been going on it's an ongoing issue ever since the two thousand and one with the signing of the patriot act as...
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friends like german chancellor angela merkel. the administration insists the president did not know. now he is ordering a full review of the nsa surveillance operations and the foreign relations fallout. here is more from our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. >> reporter: president obama would not confirm the nsa was spying on the phone calls of u.s. allies like germany's chancellor angela merkel. >> the national security operations generally have one purpose and that is to make sure that the american people are safe. i'm making a review to make sure what they are able to do doesn't necessarily mean what they should be doing. >> reporter: senior administration officials tell cnn president obama did not know about the nsa surveillance of merkel and other allies until earlier this year. when he found out he ordered a stop to some of the programs. the democratic chairman of the senate intelligence community dianne feinstein usually an ally of the white house says that is not good enough and wants a total review of a
friends like german chancellor angela merkel. the administration insists the president did not know. now he is ordering a full review of the nsa surveillance operations and the foreign relations fallout. here is more from our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. >> reporter: president obama would not confirm the nsa was spying on the phone calls of u.s. allies like germany's chancellor angela merkel. >> the national security operations generally have one purpose and...
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merkel. take a listen. >> it's one of the first things i learned in intel school in 1963. this is the fundamental given in the intelligence business. leadership intentions, no matter what level you're talking about. that can be military leaders as well. >> do you believe the allies have conducted or at any time any time of espionage activity against the united states of america, our intelligence services, our leaders or otherwise? >> absolutely. >> we will analyze this exchange at this hearing in just a matter of minutes. >>> plus, forget the bugs. listen to this. what expert has found a way to hack into users' acts on the obama care website. find out how and who could be at risk. the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams, there's just no way we're going to let them die. ♪ like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts mor
merkel. take a listen. >> it's one of the first things i learned in intel school in 1963. this is the fundamental given in the intelligence business. leadership intentions, no matter what level you're talking about. that can be military leaders as well. >> do you believe the allies have conducted or at any time any time of espionage activity against the united states of america, our intelligence services, our leaders or otherwise? >> absolutely. >> we will analyze this...
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the bugging of angela merkel's phone has gotten attention. this focus worries a visiting delllation of parliament arians investigating the scale of the program. >> it was not just on leaders, but citizens. >> with both james clapper and alexander discussing collecting the phone call data of u.s. citizens. >> joining us now to analyze the effectiveness of the n.s.a. program is eight are a bam wagner. he specializes in national security, cyber security and intelligence. thanks for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure, stephanie, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> the n.s.a. director general alexander maintains everything the n.s.a. is doing is in the interest of national security. do we have proof of that? >> that's the business they're in. they, you know, under the original 1947 national security act, we enabled our intelligence services to do activities, including things like espionage and collection of intelligence in support of national security and defense, and that is their exclusive mission, and the most -- well the executive order ac
the bugging of angela merkel's phone has gotten attention. this focus worries a visiting delllation of parliament arians investigating the scale of the program. >> it was not just on leaders, but citizens. >> with both james clapper and alexander discussing collecting the phone call data of u.s. citizens. >> joining us now to analyze the effectiveness of the n.s.a. program is eight are a bam wagner. he specializes in national security, cyber security and intelligence. thanks...
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chancellor angela merkel wanted to know directly from the president whether her own personal phone was tapped. diana magnate is in berlin. the chancellor did say the trust between the united states and europe has to be, in her words, re-established. what does she mean by that? how does that happen and what are the german reactions to claims of being spied on by their mates? >> well, justice, the basis as the of any good political relationship. when she she's trust has been broken, you can see how angry she is. she was a woman who grew up in the former east germany and understands what living in a police state is like. she remembers how much the east german spy network disrupted the very basis of society. and so do so many germans, michael. that's why when she says and the german people say that it is not right to spy on friends, they're speaking from bitter experience. >> all right, diana magnay, thank you so much. the state department at least joining us there. we know one of the things that at least the white house is claiming is that the president didn't know about all of this, that
chancellor angela merkel wanted to know directly from the president whether her own personal phone was tapped. diana magnate is in berlin. the chancellor did say the trust between the united states and europe has to be, in her words, re-established. what does she mean by that? how does that happen and what are the german reactions to claims of being spied on by their mates? >> well, justice, the basis as the of any good political relationship. when she she's trust has been broken, you can...
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merkel's mobile phone. it is the most serious diplomatic tensions since germany opposed the u.s.-led iraq invasion. according to a german lawmaker, american met in moscow. crowded into the press conference to see what there was to say about the meeting with edward snowden and the letter to the government. edward snowden be willing to talk to german investigators or politicians or even come to germany to be interviewed? he could come to germany if it were guaranteed that he would be secure in germany or a comparable country. the green and the left party want to question snowden about u.s. surveillance activity. he could be offered asylum or safe passage in return. christian democrats it would exacerbate tensions with washington. one alternative being discussed is to meet with snowden in moscow. usif snowden was to provide with information, we will take that into consideration. verification or new information would be a good thing. -- not is nothing something the u.s. would be likely to find good. it reiterat
merkel's mobile phone. it is the most serious diplomatic tensions since germany opposed the u.s.-led iraq invasion. according to a german lawmaker, american met in moscow. crowded into the press conference to see what there was to say about the meeting with edward snowden and the letter to the government. edward snowden be willing to talk to german investigators or politicians or even come to germany to be interviewed? he could come to germany if it were guaranteed that he would be secure in...
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merkel's phone in 2010, and fast-tracked information gathered directly to the white house. in the past few days anonymous administration officials told the u.s. media that that was false, and that a white house review only discovered the surveillance of world leaders in the summer. the bugging of merkel's phone ended soon after. for a european parliamentary delegation its long-planned visit to washington is about more than the bugging of world leaders. it's about the surveillance of tens of millions of its constituents. >> trust has to be rebuilt. we have to figure out why this kind of activity is happening and what kind of trust needs to be rebuilt. in the end we are fighting a battle in terms of security. we need to get the balance right. we made it clear. also, there is a balance to be struck with the privacy of citizens. the changes need to be rebuilt. >> the meeting was with the intelligence committee chairman. they said europeans should be grateful for surveillance, as it's keeping them safe. it's echoed by the white house, and officials are briefing journalists that
merkel's phone in 2010, and fast-tracked information gathered directly to the white house. in the past few days anonymous administration officials told the u.s. media that that was false, and that a white house review only discovered the surveillance of world leaders in the summer. the bugging of merkel's phone ended soon after. for a european parliamentary delegation its long-planned visit to washington is about more than the bugging of world leaders. it's about the surveillance of tens of...
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this week two representatives from german chancellor angela merkel will visit washington. their leader is calling for talks about the nsa's
this week two representatives from german chancellor angela merkel will visit washington. their leader is calling for talks about the nsa's
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this week two representatives from german chancellor angela merkel will visit washington. their leader is calling for talks about the nsa's reach after reports she was too big brothered by uncle sam. >> clearly damage has been done. i think we have to evaluate whether the costs of the method of gathering some intelligence greatly exceeds the benefit of that intelligence. >> joining me right now is north carolina republican congresswoman renee ellmers, a member of the house and energy commerce committee which is overseeing hearings on capitol hill into the federal health care website. congresswoman, it's great to have you with me. you had your chance to speak to the contractors last week and we have kathleen sebelius in the hot seat this week. what are the first questions that you want to ask of the secretary? >> well, what i'd like to know from the secretary is, number one, why did she repeatedly over time tell us that by october 1st, that website was going to be ready to go, that every american would be able to come
this week two representatives from german chancellor angela merkel will visit washington. their leader is calling for talks about the nsa's reach after reports she was too big brothered by uncle sam. >> clearly damage has been done. i think we have to evaluate whether the costs of the method of gathering some intelligence greatly exceeds the benefit of that intelligence. >> joining me right now is north carolina republican congresswoman renee ellmers, a member of the house and...
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merkel as someone who's been monitored, and treating citizens of close allies as if they were u.s. persons. is that something -- is the story correct that something you're considering that something that is a response that you guys are planning on? >> the story is correct in that it reflects the flag -- the fact that it is an ongoing review initiated by the president run by the white house country with ongoing reviews done by the bodies we mentioned in the past. beyond saying that the review has as a special focus matters involving intelligence collection and heads of state and allies and friends, i don't have any updates to give you on what's being considered or what has been ruled in or out. we will have more information for you on the review when it's conclude at the end of the year, and in keeping with what has been an unprecedented level of the classification when it comes to nsa activities we will endeavor to provide as much information as we can, understand the very thing where talk about your involved in intelligence gathering and, therefore, necessarily need to be protecte
merkel as someone who's been monitored, and treating citizens of close allies as if they were u.s. persons. is that something -- is the story correct that something you're considering that something that is a response that you guys are planning on? >> the story is correct in that it reflects the flag -- the fact that it is an ongoing review initiated by the president run by the white house country with ongoing reviews done by the bodies we mentioned in the past. beyond saying that the...
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agents have been spying on german chancellor angela merkel. a u.s. state department spokesperson says american intelligence leaders met with german counterparts. jen said the allies reaffirm corporation but gave no further details. the germans are angry about reports american agents tapped merkel's cell phone. white house officials have spent the last few months defending themselves against a range of spying allegations. they say it was part of the efforts to dispel concerns. >>> south koreans have seen a stream of people from north korea cross their shared border over the years. more than 25,000 people who defected from the north are now living in south. police have arrested 49 people who they say is working as spies. 29 of them had been disguising themselves as defectors. more and more north koreans started to flee in the 1990s. up until now, the south korean government admitted all those claiming to be defectors and has helped them adapt. those from north grew up in a different system with different rules, still government leaders in seoul look up
agents have been spying on german chancellor angela merkel. a u.s. state department spokesperson says american intelligence leaders met with german counterparts. jen said the allies reaffirm corporation but gave no further details. the germans are angry about reports american agents tapped merkel's cell phone. white house officials have spent the last few months defending themselves against a range of spying allegations. they say it was part of the efforts to dispel concerns. >>> south...
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pope francis in fourth place and angela merkel is in fifth place. what do you think about that? jemu green, fox news contributor. michael graham, radio talk show host. welcome to you. we watched back and forth between president putin and president obama and there was discussion then president putin of russia was seeming to be more in charge than the president perhaps. that was the criticism of our president at the time. what do you make of this ranking by "forbes"? >> it's a bit ludicrous, reports the fact that the president of the united states is no longer the leader of the free world have been widely exaggerated. let's consider the source here. this is the collective wisdom of the forbes editors. putin is a dictator for life, not a president for five years. and of an economy that is 1/the size of the united states. and also, martha he is a bit of a buffoon. martha: well, that may be. that may be. we watched interesting exchanges had a lot of people raising this issue, michael before forbes even put it in their magazine. >> hey that buffoon is kicking obama's butt. you say the
pope francis in fourth place and angela merkel is in fifth place. what do you think about that? jemu green, fox news contributor. michael graham, radio talk show host. welcome to you. we watched back and forth between president putin and president obama and there was discussion then president putin of russia was seeming to be more in charge than the president perhaps. that was the criticism of our president at the time. what do you make of this ranking by "forbes"? >> it's a bit...
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german chancellor angela merkel has been the center of events since revelations that america's national security agency had been monitoring the postal communications relations between us and germany now under threat the white house having recently stated that until just a few weeks ago us president a bomb and no knowledge of them wanted to let go. the streets of new york city meanwhile the views of the american be mixed with some believing its mining does more harm than good. i don't think it's right on the high and some countries back the distance behind people's backs up the spine to people and aid to states to miscommunication and further conflict between countries. others believe today is nothing unusual in surveillance of all the countries. he will be doing this kind of thing for a long time. and that this is now with all sorts of media and the leeks and so forth this is people are finding out about it. i don't think that of relief that the american . this are really that surprised it's more of those things that you knew was happening but not yet become rich. isn't that so unfortun
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merkel. >> listening in on millions of phone conversations of europeans p. >> on this one there was no question from clapper and al alexand alexander. those reports completely pauls and said it was not the nsa or u.s. in any form that was gathering this data. it was, in fact, european countries doing so. european intelligence services. two, the data was not the content of phone calls or phone calls themselves. this was part of a joint operation, the u.s. and nato allies that have nothing to do with the countries, spain and france, but had do with military operations abroad. >> we will speak to mike rogers. chairman of the house intelligence meeting with me later this hour. jim sciutto for that report. wlaets go to the crisis over obama care. and where it is heading. the official responsible for the obama care website today formally publicly apologized before congress for all of the problems that the users have been having and now into week five. does the president himself own apology for pledges he made repeatedly selling the affordable care act? >> putt like your doctor, you can ke
merkel. >> listening in on millions of phone conversations of europeans p. >> on this one there was no question from clapper and al alexand alexander. those reports completely pauls and said it was not the nsa or u.s. in any form that was gathering this data. it was, in fact, european countries doing so. european intelligence services. two, the data was not the content of phone calls or phone calls themselves. this was part of a joint operation, the u.s. and nato allies that have...
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prote press secretary jay carney said president obama assured angela merkel that there was not and will not be spying on her. >> this is what he said about france and spain. >> i have no information. >> senator dianne fienstein says she does not think it is proper for america to spy on the leaders of allied nation. the white house ordered a top to bottom review of intelligence gathering. >>> and the germans want to question nsa leaker edward snowden. they want to bring the nsa contractor in to testify at a parliamentary inquiry, after reports that the u.s. spied on 35 countries. edward snowden has kept a low profile since being granted asylum in russia. >> fireworks will occur on capitol hill as health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius goes before a senate kate me to -- senate committee to apologise for the healthcare.gov site. >> at first they blamed high volume. four weeks into launch the official in charge of the website offered this. >> to the millions of americans attempting to use healthcare.gov to enrol in health care coverage, i want to apologise that the health sit
prote press secretary jay carney said president obama assured angela merkel that there was not and will not be spying on her. >> this is what he said about france and spain. >> i have no information. >> senator dianne fienstein says she does not think it is proper for america to spy on the leaders of allied nation. the white house ordered a top to bottom review of intelligence gathering. >>> and the germans want to question nsa leaker edward snowden. they want to...
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merkel's communications since 2002. she said she's opposed on gathering intelligence on leaders of u.s. allies. they face questions after questions regarding the nsa's work. they say the u.s. does not and will not monitor merkel's communications, and they say they're conducting a review of their intelligence gathering methods. >> we're acknowledging the tension this has caused. we understand this has caused concern in countries that are -- that represent some of our closest relationships internationally. and we're working to allay those concerns and to discuss these issues. >> carney said last summer president obama ordered a comprehensive review of how the u.s. gathers intelligence. he said the investigation should be completed by the end of the year. >>> japan's financial regulators plan to inspect three major banking groups next week. they include mizuho bank that has admitted to providing loans to organized crime groups. officials at the financial services agency say they have already notified the three banking grou
merkel's communications since 2002. she said she's opposed on gathering intelligence on leaders of u.s. allies. they face questions after questions regarding the nsa's work. they say the u.s. does not and will not monitor merkel's communications, and they say they're conducting a review of their intelligence gathering methods. >> we're acknowledging the tension this has caused. we understand this has caused concern in countries that are -- that represent some of our closest relationships...
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merkel. the "washington post" says that the nsa has also broken into major communications links used by google and yahoo! data centers worldwide. "the post" reported the infiltration on wednesday based on documents obtained by former nsa contractor edward snowden. the reports say by tapping into the links, the nsa has positioned itself to collect at will data from hundreds of millions of users' accounts, this would include emails sent and received, as well as content such as texts, audio and video. the "post" says during the 30-day period up to january 9th of this year, the nsa used the links to collect more than 180 million new records. google said it is outraged at the lengths to which the government seems to have gone to intercept data from the firm's private fiber network. the nsa chief general keith alexander has denied the allegations. he said the report is incorrect and that his organization obtains court orders before collecting necessary information. google and yahoo! user accounts t
merkel. the "washington post" says that the nsa has also broken into major communications links used by google and yahoo! data centers worldwide. "the post" reported the infiltration on wednesday based on documents obtained by former nsa contractor edward snowden. the reports say by tapping into the links, the nsa has positioned itself to collect at will data from hundreds of millions of users' accounts, this would include emails sent and received, as well as content such as...
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german newspaper said monitor chancellor angela merkel's mobile phone for more than ten years. >>> officials in north korea have told nhk they plan to keep a program running that has given people in japan emotional closure. they say they will continue to allow japanese to visit places where their loved ones died. more than 38,000 japanese died in the northern part of the korean peninsula around the end of world war ii. the remains of two-thirds of them are thought to be buried there. nhk world's hiromitsu nagano recently accompanied a group that went to pay respects. >> reporter: three japanese grieved relatives arrived in pyongyang last thursday. one of them was 78-year-old tsuneaki iwata from tokyo. >> translator: i'm deeply moved to be here. arriving in north korea and breathing the air here reminds me that i used to live in this country. i want to tell my father that my mother brought us siblings back to japan safely. >> reporter: iwata used to live with his parents and four siblings in what is now north korea before returning to japan nearly 70 years ago. since then, he has longed to vi
german newspaper said monitor chancellor angela merkel's mobile phone for more than ten years. >>> officials in north korea have told nhk they plan to keep a program running that has given people in japan emotional closure. they say they will continue to allow japanese to visit places where their loved ones died. more than 38,000 japanese died in the northern part of the korean peninsula around the end of world war ii. the remains of two-thirds of them are thought to be buried there....
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. >> media reports say the nsa tapped german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone and monitored the communications of other foreign leaders. the reporters based their stories on information provided by former u.s. intelligence contractor edward snowden. the spying allegations have forced officials in the white house to promise changes to how they gather information. >>> u.s. forces are trying to break up a group of militants in east africa linked to al qaeda. they've killed two members of al shabaab in a drone strike. the militant group is based in southern somalia. interior ministry officials there said two of its members
. >> media reports say the nsa tapped german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone and monitored the communications of other foreign leaders. the reporters based their stories on information provided by former u.s. intelligence contractor edward snowden. the spying allegations have forced officials in the white house to promise changes to how they gather information. >>> u.s. forces are trying to break up a group of militants in east africa linked to al qaeda. they've killed two...
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. >> angela merkel would very much like to know why the united states has been monitoring her cell phone calls, perhaps this will. invaluable to us to know where countries are coming from, what their policies are, how that would impact us across a whole range of issues. >> or maybe this defense of the program would go down better in berlin. >> it is much more important for our country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program that would result in this nation being attacked. >> this leads to a lot of red faces in the white house. it's not clear what president obama knew about the surveillance of foreign leaders, but it is awkward and may even force a change in policy. >> we give them policy direction but what we've seen over the last two years is the capacity continues to develop and expand which is why i'm initiating a review now to make sure that was a are able to do does not necessarily mean it is what they should be doing. >> washington's defense of the surveillance program is that everyone spies on everyone and a ay -- anyway but this is questio
. >> angela merkel would very much like to know why the united states has been monitoring her cell phone calls, perhaps this will. invaluable to us to know where countries are coming from, what their policies are, how that would impact us across a whole range of issues. >> or maybe this defense of the program would go down better in berlin. >> it is much more important for our country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program that would...
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phone of german chancellor angela merkel. that raises more question this morning about what the president knows what is going on in his own administration. wendell goler is live at the white house. wendell there seems to be, according to all of these stories, when you stack them next to each other the president claiming himself he did not know or was not aware of a lot of things going on in the administration? >> you're right, martha. sometimes problems are not things that wouldn't necessarily rise to the level how the irs are determining whether groups are eligible for tax-exempt status or whether the website for his signature health care plan is sufficiently tested. sometimes they involve policy decisions like monitoring the telephone calls of our allies which has been going on shortly after the 9/11 attacks. the white house response to shrug off the question whether the president is out of the loop as more mudslinging from his critics. >> certainly true that you have conflate ad bunch of very disparate issues. >> republica
phone of german chancellor angela merkel. that raises more question this morning about what the president knows what is going on in his own administration. wendell goler is live at the white house. wendell there seems to be, according to all of these stories, when you stack them next to each other the president claiming himself he did not know or was not aware of a lot of things going on in the administration? >> you're right, martha. sometimes problems are not things that wouldn't...
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. >> angela merkel would very much like to know why the united states has been monitoring her cell phone calls, perhaps this will. invaluable to us to know where countries are coming from, what their policies are, how that would impact us across a whole range of issues. >> or maybe this defense of the program would go down better in berlin. >> it is much more important for our country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program that would result in this nation being attacked. >> this leads to a lot of red faces in the white house. it's not clear what president obama knew about the surveillance of foreign leaders, but it is awkward and may even force a change in policy. >> we give them policy direction but what we've seen over the last two years is the capacity continues to develop and expand which is why i'm initiating a review now to make sure that was a are able to do does not necessarily mean it is what they should be doing. >> washington's defense of the surveillance program is that everyone spies on everyone and a ay -- anyway but this is questio
. >> angela merkel would very much like to know why the united states has been monitoring her cell phone calls, perhaps this will. invaluable to us to know where countries are coming from, what their policies are, how that would impact us across a whole range of issues. >> or maybe this defense of the program would go down better in berlin. >> it is much more important for our country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program that would...
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he immediately stopped the debugging of angela merkel's phone at least, if not other european leaders, but push back in the german media that not only the did president obama november of the spying on merkel but approved of it, going directly to the white house bypassing security. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, president obama helping to officially welcome his new fbi director. he watched as james comey was formally installed as the bureau's leader. comey took over for robert mueller. the president praising comey for his work. >> jim has dedicated his life to defending our laws. to make sure that all americans can trust our justice system to protect their rights and their well-being. it's just about impossible to find a matter of justice he has not tackled, and it's harnlg -- hard to imagine somebody who is more uniquely qualified to cover all of it. >> blocked senior u.s. officials from getting john ashcroft to authorize that program that bush administration was wrapped up in. >>> phone hack scandal that sank a british newspaper there. eight people including two former editors of
he immediately stopped the debugging of angela merkel's phone at least, if not other european leaders, but push back in the german media that not only the did president obama november of the spying on merkel but approved of it, going directly to the white house bypassing security. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, president obama helping to officially welcome his new fbi director. he watched as james comey was formally installed as the bureau's leader. comey took over for robert mueller....
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merkel well joining me live in the fall is hands on spot a former u.n. assistant secretary general thank you so much mr responded for talking to us here on r.t. well as we know the wiretapping scandal broke a while ago the question now is why has it taken so long for the e.u. officials and germany in particular to react. well first of all that had to be a joint position to be developed and that is gradually happening but i think the noose rests all well meaning and then the various government has to really understand what moves they should carry out and i think we all read on the way all that thing and we are joined in position on the grounds that. you are going to geisha and washing day all of that is that in the right direction what is absolutely not come don't have that we just lean back and say well buying this part of our lives. out of muslim i we have to accept that. if i'm going well we will talk about the delegation and the rains in washington a little later but also you know obama says that he claims in fact he didn't know that the n.s.a. spied
merkel well joining me live in the fall is hands on spot a former u.n. assistant secretary general thank you so much mr responded for talking to us here on r.t. well as we know the wiretapping scandal broke a while ago the question now is why has it taken so long for the e.u. officials and germany in particular to react. well first of all that had to be a joint position to be developed and that is gradually happening but i think the noose rests all well meaning and then the various government...
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tapped angela merkel's cell phone, and they said they would grant snowden asylum if he would be their star witness. >>> the case of a little girl named maria living in a greek roman community, has thrust the roma people back into the spot light. claudio lavanga has the story. >> reporter: miriana halilovic likes to welcome guests with coffee, but she is forced to serve it outdoors. inside the trailer she calls home there is barely space for her new-born twins. she hopes to be relocated to a social public housing are quickly fading away. >> reporter: they say i'm roma is for italian. but i'm an italian citizen too. i have a right to a decent home. >> reporter: she is one of more than 4,000 members of the roma community who live in overcrowded camps infested by rats. bouts of hepatitis a and other diseases, the air is filled with the smell of burning rubbish. this camp was built to house 600 people, but now twice as many live here in very poor conditions. for most this is now home. a report by amnesty international, says that in italy there is a housing system which discriminates agains
tapped angela merkel's cell phone, and they said they would grant snowden asylum if he would be their star witness. >>> the case of a little girl named maria living in a greek roman community, has thrust the roma people back into the spot light. claudio lavanga has the story. >> reporter: miriana halilovic likes to welcome guests with coffee, but she is forced to serve it outdoors. inside the trailer she calls home there is barely space for her new-born twins. she hopes to be...
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whether it's spying on angela merkel or in this case the n.s.a. found a way to intercept the data as it was transiting through data links into data centers that were held by google and yahoo in europe. so the argument would seem to be, the legal argument would seem to be because those data centers are in europe, they're not -- they can assume they're not american data. therefore, it was legal to go in. however, the data companies, google and yahoo, are absolutely furious about this. for various reasons. one of them is that their reputations have now been tainted. in europe, google has like a 90% market share of the search software. that's much higher even than in the united states. you're now seeing people closing their g-mail accounts in europe because they don't want their data compromised. so google is losing, yahoo is losing, people are upset. governments are upset. it's really become a mess. >> is the united states the only ones doing this? this data in europe, are europeans coming through it? >> there was a sort of embarrassing episode when
whether it's spying on angela merkel or in this case the n.s.a. found a way to intercept the data as it was transiting through data links into data centers that were held by google and yahoo in europe. so the argument would seem to be, the legal argument would seem to be because those data centers are in europe, they're not -- they can assume they're not american data. therefore, it was legal to go in. however, the data companies, google and yahoo, are absolutely furious about this. for various...
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merkel cell phone last week us secretary of state john kerry remarked on the affair acknowledging for the first time that the nsa surveillance may have been over the top iraqi prime minister to oriole the tea has met with u s president barack obama at the white house requests more support in the fight against al qaeda as bloodshed in iraq brought on by insurgents continues by calling the u s troop withdrawal and twenty lead after the two ever meeting obama made no commitment on military equipment or on other assistants which belief he is seeking. meanwhile some two hundred demonstrators gathered outside the white house in opposition to alma leaky over the ledge a depth of fifty two people and the disappearance of seven from an iranian dissident camp north of baghdad the two cities have accused iraqi security forces of the killing spree baghdad tonight in the hall the protesters urged president obama to come up support to the iraqi government. the former speaker of the us house of representatives to enrich address the protesters anomaly. why would he didn't work. twenty oh three and wo
merkel cell phone last week us secretary of state john kerry remarked on the affair acknowledging for the first time that the nsa surveillance may have been over the top iraqi prime minister to oriole the tea has met with u s president barack obama at the white house requests more support in the fight against al qaeda as bloodshed in iraq brought on by insurgents continues by calling the u s troop withdrawal and twenty lead after the two ever meeting obama made no commitment on military...
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comments coming aneed new reports that the president told german chancellor angela merkel that he would have stopped her phone from being tapped if he was aware of it. congressman peter king, from the house homeland security committee he joins me now. thanks for being with us on this monday morning. do you believe, that the president didn't know this program was happening in germany. >> first of all i don't know what happened with angela merkel and that is classified information. let's assume the facts are true, it was being tapped. i can't believe the president did not know. first of all he didn't know, he certainly should have known. hard too believe that he didn't know when he is briefed on these things. they usually give citation where the information comes problem. if he was giving any information at all about merkel or any other world leader, the person briefing him or briefing book he would get would almost have to say where it came from especially since it would be so controversial. , so sensitive i should say. i can't believe that as commander-in-chief, as pat president of the
comments coming aneed new reports that the president told german chancellor angela merkel that he would have stopped her phone from being tapped if he was aware of it. congressman peter king, from the house homeland security committee he joins me now. thanks for being with us on this monday morning. do you believe, that the president didn't know this program was happening in germany. >> first of all i don't know what happened with angela merkel and that is classified information. let's...
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they are looking into allegations american agents tapped the cell phone of chancellor angela merkel. strobel says snowden made it clear he knows a lot. snowden has revealed details of several top u.s. surveillance programs. u.s. leaders are demanding the russian officials return him to the u.s. so he can face charges of espionage and theft of government property. >>> germany has criticized the apparent spying operation against merkel. now u.s. secretary of state john kerry admitted some of the spying activities were inappropriate, but stopping short of clarifying the details. kerry spoke to a conference in london via video link on thursday. >> some of these actions have reached too far, and we are going to make sure that does not happen in the future. >> but he defended u.s. intelligence gathering, saying it has stopped numerous terrorist attacks. kerry said president barack obama is conducting a thorough review of the spying to avoid creating anymore concern. >>> government officials here are looking to overhaul the operator of japan's crippled nuclear plant. aiuchida joins us from
they are looking into allegations american agents tapped the cell phone of chancellor angela merkel. strobel says snowden made it clear he knows a lot. snowden has revealed details of several top u.s. surveillance programs. u.s. leaders are demanding the russian officials return him to the u.s. so he can face charges of espionage and theft of government property. >>> germany has criticized the apparent spying operation against merkel. now u.s. secretary of state john kerry admitted...
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there's talk also about a parliamentary investigation into the tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone, where snowden will be called on to testify. he said he's willing to testify. but he'd have to be granted asylum. it's possible of course for him to provide testimony from russian soil, but that might go against the grounds for his asylum. president putin has made it quite clear that he's a free man, but he can do nothing more that will damage u.s. interests. the german government spokesman said asylum is out of the question, that u.s./german relations must come first. suzanne? >> all right. thank you. now if edward snowden was attempting to get people to talk about spying, he has certainly done that. everybody from people at their jobs and coffee shops, world leaders have an opinion. now the head of google, eric schmidt is weighing in. speaking out about the nsa snooping and the users of course, he was interviewed in our hong kong bureau. here's what he tout our christi lou stout. >> it's terrible policy. as an example, in the united states, it appears as though, according to t
there's talk also about a parliamentary investigation into the tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone, where snowden will be called on to testify. he said he's willing to testify. but he'd have to be granted asylum. it's possible of course for him to provide testimony from russian soil, but that might go against the grounds for his asylum. president putin has made it quite clear that he's a free man, but he can do nothing more that will damage u.s. interests. the german government...
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was eavesdropping on german leader angela merkel. we have the latest. >> a nine member delegation will meet with senior government officials over allegations of widespread spying against leaders. new allegations surfaced that president obama approved spying on german chancellor angela merkel. according to the wall street journal, the president was unaware the n.s.a. was spying on world leaders and ordered the agency to stop some of the monitoring programs after learning of them. >> the president assured the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> it's not just the europeans who are upset. over the weekend, thousands marched on washington to express their outrage. >> against mass surveillance and i'm truly honored to speak for all whistle blowers. >> some members of congress say the latest allegations threaten to disrupt foreign policy with u.s. allies. >> i think the revelations from snowden and the secrets revealed are doing significant damage to our bilateral
was eavesdropping on german leader angela merkel. we have the latest. >> a nine member delegation will meet with senior government officials over allegations of widespread spying against leaders. new allegations surfaced that president obama approved spying on german chancellor angela merkel. according to the wall street journal, the president was unaware the n.s.a. was spying on world leaders and ordered the agency to stop some of the monitoring programs after learning of them. >>...
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had an ear across the phones of thirty five world leaders including german chancellor angela merkel well we spoke to a german m.p. who believes that the e.u. should be more careful when it comes to relations with the u.s. the only thing that does affect that the united states of america they are violating human rights they are violating diplomatic relation relations with the member states and this is has to be stopped and. we do not not need any new agreements on the security issues or security cooperation with the yes we have to stop and all these dirty ugly security corporations with us and us has to close their military bases in europe and especially in germany i think. more stories aligned for you including presidential post obama's facebook and twitter accounts get hacked by syrian rebels the post changed and used in a violent video find out more on this story on our website. and the worst in a decade storm st jude blasts across northern europe leaving more than a dozen people dead in its wake all the food and reports of the extreme conditions on our t.v. dot com. afghanistan gets a
had an ear across the phones of thirty five world leaders including german chancellor angela merkel well we spoke to a german m.p. who believes that the e.u. should be more careful when it comes to relations with the u.s. the only thing that does affect that the united states of america they are violating human rights they are violating diplomatic relation relations with the member states and this is has to be stopped and. we do not not need any new agreements on the security issues or security...
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angela merkel doesn't want to come to the white house because you've been snooping and spying on her. i've been trying to listen to see if they have been on my two phones. if they're not on my phones and world leaders spy on each other all of the time, we can make him a scapegoat. he has to be culpable and responsible, but at the same time, it's a lot more pervasive than we thought. >> isn't this about the permanent intelligence bureaucracy? and we learned president bush was trying to get involved in invading iraq. i thought they're spying on our allies to see if they'll vote for the law. there is this bureaucracy and when you give an agency or any entity power it never gives it back willingly. i think it is up to congress, decrepid though they are, to reign and continue after this one. >> which means it will never happen. it will be permanent and go on. >> absolutely. professor eric michael die son and joy reid, wish you could join me for the whole broadcast. >>> don't let republicans tell you they have a magical alternative to the affordable care act. our next guest, a democratic co
angela merkel doesn't want to come to the white house because you've been snooping and spying on her. i've been trying to listen to see if they have been on my two phones. if they're not on my phones and world leaders spy on each other all of the time, we can make him a scapegoat. he has to be culpable and responsible, but at the same time, it's a lot more pervasive than we thought. >> isn't this about the permanent intelligence bureaucracy? and we learned president bush was trying to get...
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listened into angela merkel's cell phone calls and may have had access to dozens of our data, some say it doesn't matter whether the story is true or not. u.s. intelligence officials all but add they do spy on american allies. some of it reminds me of "casablanca." >> one way the in the meantime sa can reestablished trust. >> if they came forward and was more open, more transparent about what it does and why it does these things, including spies on our friends and allies, i think people may say, well, that makes sense. >> reporter: the vatican responded to the panorama report saying we're not concerned. others say if anyone is listening in on the vatican, there could be good reason. analysts say the papacy is plugged in, in places lie syria, where western intelligence agencies sometimes don't have eyes and ears. >> they are priests, nuns, other kate lick players who have boots on the ground who are often passing information back up the food chain about what is really happening. it would not surprise me at all if the american government were more interested in gleaning some of that insi
listened into angela merkel's cell phone calls and may have had access to dozens of our data, some say it doesn't matter whether the story is true or not. u.s. intelligence officials all but add they do spy on american allies. some of it reminds me of "casablanca." >> one way the in the meantime sa can reestablished trust. >> if they came forward and was more open, more transparent about what it does and why it does these things, including spies on our friends and allies,...
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phones of a brazilian president dilma rousseff and german chancellor angela merkel for that matter the degree of response inside the u.s. it's also fascinating if it's somebody from mostly countries the global south developing world they don't care the case of on the americas very specific she's like one of ours like you know a member of the masters of the universe to washington so now there's a i would say a minimum of salt called debate in washington d.c. about or maybe the n.s.a. overstepped their bounds on top of it we cannot believe in any seeing general keith alexander chief of n.s.a. says he is an orwellian functionary you know defending you pretty realistic myth of all of g. fact it's complete it's beyond surrealism because it doesn't make sense if you don't have the ground tell you cannot fight what was called the war on terror and the obama administration started to call overseas contingency operations all c.e.o. you cannot do all c.e.o. with without boots on the ground in terms of intel just very briefly if you watch homeland the american series you know that. just briefly m
phones of a brazilian president dilma rousseff and german chancellor angela merkel for that matter the degree of response inside the u.s. it's also fascinating if it's somebody from mostly countries the global south developing world they don't care the case of on the americas very specific she's like one of ours like you know a member of the masters of the universe to washington so now there's a i would say a minimum of salt called debate in washington d.c. about or maybe the n.s.a. overstepped...
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germany today called for an investigation into nsa's tapping of angela merkel's personal cell phone. the interior minister said the chancellor was spied on which violates german law. he threatened to expel any u.s. diplomats involved. european parliament members from germany and spain descended on washington demanding answers from congressional intelligence committees and threatening sanctions. >> it is not acceptable for example that espionage on chancellor merkel and others. >> we are asking ourselves if now the u.s. or nsa is considering merkel a terrorist. >> reporter: the president didn't know merkel's phone was targeted. is that possible? the diplomatic disaster based on leaks from edward snowden. i asked his intermediary journalist glen greenwald speaking to us from rio. is it credible he would not know? >> unfortunately it is credible. because the nsa has become this rogue agency that really goes off on its own and does whatever it wants. i'm not sure which is scarier, that the president did know and approved it and is now lying about it or that he didn't know and the nsa too
germany today called for an investigation into nsa's tapping of angela merkel's personal cell phone. the interior minister said the chancellor was spied on which violates german law. he threatened to expel any u.s. diplomats involved. european parliament members from germany and spain descended on washington demanding answers from congressional intelligence committees and threatening sanctions. >> it is not acceptable for example that espionage on chancellor merkel and others. >> we...